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To: RoughDobermann
Clearly the school system is failing, and not just in America. Neither side, however many sides there may be in the evolution debate, is presenting their proofs in a coherent fashion. Spinoza's geometrical method might be useful, but of course his proofs also fail depending on who grades his paper.
Schools Don't Provide Basic Understanding Of Evolution

A new study shows that schools and many education programs are failing to provide students with a basic understanding of evolution. It is famously difficult to explain evolutionary principles without resorting to anthropomorphic or figurative language: Evolution "selects" the fittest individuals; species "adapt" to change. Both of these phrases are commonplace when explaining the very complex processes involved in evolution. However, this use of language implies that there is an agency or cognition involved in evolution. This misunderstanding is being picked up on by students in the classroom and could form part of a wider desire to fit evolutionary theory into broad social narratives. Rob Moore and colleagues (University of Cape Town, South Africa), writing in the Spring issue of the Journal of Biological Education, call for more care in the use of language in science education. "Given the centrality of evolutionary theory to a clear foundation in biology, the widely documented difficulty that many students have in coming to terms with these concepts is of enduring concern. ... Establishing a clear conceptual grasp of evolutionary theory will need to include an enhanced sensitivity to language usage."

14 posted on 03/21/2002 8:28:48 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
In Vermont incarcerations for teenage males has doubled---columbine type murderers too---very sociopathic behavior!

No wonder--one kid killed his mother and said he wasn't responsible to anybody for anything--only his parents and he belonged back in free society.

Looks like trial-error...mutation---survival of the fittest!

16 posted on 03/21/2002 8:44:53 AM PST by f.Christian
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To: RightWhale
Schools Don't Provide Basic Understanding Of Evolution

Wanna know why? Because whiners and scientifically inept idiots come in to the school board complaining about all the perceived evils of darwinism and evolution in general because in their ignorant bliss they believe that evolution disproves something that one cannot prove (God) and try to legislate their religion and attempt to infiltrate our school with idiotic and watered down science curricula and/or scare Biology teachers into keeping silent on the subject of evolution.

29 posted on 03/21/2002 10:12:02 AM PST by JediGirl
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